Wire clothespin



April 1951 R N. HESTON 2,547,122

WIRE CLOTHESPI N Filed Aug. 24, 1946 Inventor RG57? N. HESTON Q PatentedApr. 3, 1951 UNITED STATES TENT QFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structuralrefinements in clothcspins, and the principal object of the invention isto provide a device of the character herein described, which is formedin its entirety of one piece wire-like rod, so as to prevent undesiredseparation thereof into its components, as is frequently experiencedwhen using pins of conventional design.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clothespin which maybe readily applied to or removed from the clothes on the line.

Another object of the invention is to provide a Clothespin which willfirmly and securely hold the clothes in position on the line.

An additional object of the invention is to pro vide a clothespin whichis simple in construction and convenient in use.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a clothespin whichcannot easily become damaged and which will readily lend itself toeconomical manufacture.

With the above more important objects in view, and such other objects asmay become apparent as this specification proceeds, the inventionconsists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the invention,

Figure 2 is an underside plan View thereof, taken in the direction ofthe arrow 2 in Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a perspective view, showing the invention as applied to aclothes line.

Like characters of reference are used to designate like parts in thespecification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the inventionconsists of a clothespin designated generally by the reference character5, the same embodying in its construction a single piece of Wire rod 6formed to provide a resilient, substantially U-shaped member 1.

The free end portions of the rod 6 are Wound around the arms 8 and 9 ofthe member 1, adjacent the closed end of the latter, as indicated atIf).

It will be noted that the arms 8 and 9 are of elongated loop-likeconfiguration and that one of the arms, namely, the arm 9, is angulatedadjacent the free end thereof toward the arm 8, as indicated at II. Theangulated portion ll of the arm 9 freely passes through the loop of thearm 8 and thereupon is further angulated into a substantially parallelrelationship with respect to the free end portion of the arm 8.

The free end portions of the arms 8 and 9 constitute a pair of coactingjaws l2 and I3 respectively, and it will be also observed that the jawI3 extends somewhat beyond the closed end Id of the jaw E2, as is bestshown in Figure 2.

ihe resiliency of the member 7 is such as to urge the jaws i2, [3together, that is, in the directions of the arrows l5 in Figure 1. Therelatively smaller Width and greater length of the jaw [3 with respectto the jaw 12 will provide, what may be referred to as a seat, betweenthe two jaws, whereby further movement thereof in the direction of thearrows 15 will be effectively prevented.

When the invention is placed in use, the jaws i2, 13 may be spread apartas shown in Figure 3 by simply compressing the midportions of the arms 8and S, whereupon the clothespin may be easily and convenientlypositioned on the line 6.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will beclearly understood from the foregoing disclosure, and accordingly,further description thereof at this point is considered unnecessary. 1

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction; combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

A clothespin comprising a single piece of wire rod having a doubledintermediate portion to provide an elongated and relatively wide firstloop including a bight region and a pair of spaced side members, aportion of said rod constituting a continuation of one of said sidemembers being redoubled and formed to provide an angulate-cl andrelatively narrow second loop including a pair of spaced side membershaving angulated portions terminating in an offset bight region, acontinuation of one side member of the second loop being co-extensivewith the redoubled portion of the rod and terminating in a coil woundsecurely around the side members of the first loop, a continuation ofthe other side member of the first loop being co-extensive with theredoubled portion of the rod and terminating in a coil wound around theside members of the second loop, and the angulated portions of the sidemembers of the second loop extending through the first loop between theside members of the latter, whereby side members of the two loops mayprovide coasting finger-pieces and the eight regions of the two loopsaiford coacting jaws.

ROGER N. HES-TON.

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